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Utah Volleyball Receives Votes In USA Today/AVCA Preseason Poll
8/15/2000 12:00 AM | Volleyball
Aug. 15, 2000
Salt Lake City - Utah was one of three Mountain West Conference schools that appeared in the USA Today/AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches' Association) Preseason Poll, announced on Mon., Aug. 14. Colorado State and Brigham Young ranked 13th and 15th, while Utah, with 59 points, checked in at No. 30.
The Utes posted a 22-10 record and ranked 29th in the final 1999 USA Today/AVCA poll. Utah opens the 2000 volleyball season Sept. 1-2 at the New Hampshire Tournament, where they will face Eastern Michigan, UMASS and New Hampshire.
The Mountain West Conference season opens Sept. 22 with Utah hosting San Diego State and UNLV visiting BYU.
USA Today/AVCA Volleyball Preseason Poll
Rank School (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts. 1999 Record Final 1999 Ranking 1 UCLA (23) 1399 28-4 7, 2 Penn State (10) 1317 36-1 1, 3 Stanford (9) 1309 31-3 2, 4 Long Beach State (13) 1304 31-4 4, 5 Hawai'i (2) 1224 29-2 8, 6 Nebraska (1) 1055 27-6 11, 7 USC (1) 1019 21-9 17, 8 Pepperdine 1013 26-4 10, 9 Florida 946 33-3 5, 10 Arizona 906 21-11 14, 11 Minnesota 892 27-9 16, 12 Pacific (1) 878 32-3 3, 13 Colorado State 857 30-3 12, 14 UC Santa Barbara 749 29-6 6, 15 BYU 722 28-5 13, 16 Wisconsin 516 22-10 23, 17 Kansas State 462 21-9 19, 18 Texas 433 22-8 18, 19 Texas A&M 432 28-6 9, 20 Michigan State 334 21-13 NR, 21 Baylor 254 26-9 20, 22 Northern Iowa 208 30-1 15, 23 Loyola Marymount 165 20-11 NR, 24 Michigan 64 16-15 NR, 25 Ohio State 150 17-12 NR,
Others receiving 30 or more points: North Carolina (132), Clemson (97), Notre Dame (79), Illinois (61), Utah (59), San Diego (58), Arkansas (58), Colorado (35), Louisville (31)
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